WENDIGO 
by: Andrael 
 
 
	A smile lit across the creature's lips as she launched herself at the  
night.   
 
	(A casual passerby, glancing upward, might have caught sight of a  
high-school aged girl in a black leotard, her long hair bound up in in a  
curious lopsided ponytail, trailing a red gymnastics ribbon as she lept  
gracefully from rooftop to rooftop.  The same passerby would have shaken  
his or her head and dismissed the vision as a mirage created by a tired  
mind, and continued on their way.) 
 
	The familiar sensations welled up within her as she felt the cool night  
air speeding past, saw the earth fall away beneath her as it would for a  
falcon in flight.  Words could not describe the sheer elation she felt during  
these nights of freedom; the savage, mindless joy that filled her being and  
propelled her forward: an unstoppable force of nature.   
 
	She opened her mouth and let out a peal of laughter, the only sound  
she was capable of; it seemed to erupt from the most primal depths within. 
 
	With a thunk, she landed on the hood of a parked car.  Nearby, a  
young girl uttered a shriek of surprise and terror.  The creature smiled at  
her, the smile of a predator to prey that was beneath her tastes.  The light  
from a nearby street lamp played over her features and threw her twisted  
shadow on the pavement.  Then, with another leap, the creature propelled  
herself skyward once more. 
 
	"OHO....OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO,"  the cry echoed in the urban  
jungle like that of a wild beast.   
 
	The creature's eyes, searching the landscape, flashed suddenly in  
the darkness as they caught sight of her intended target: a girl her age with  
short black hair, carrying a cloth-wrapped bundle that might have been a  
plate of cookies. 
 
	The creature whipped out a massive wooden mallet, and with one  
last shriek of exultation, hurled herself at her prey. 
 
 
~FIN~ 
   

~MYSTERIOUS RAMBLINGS~
with your host, Andrael

	No, Kodachi is not one of my favorites; but after reading Richard Lawson’s “Dying of the Rose”, etc. 
etc., I just had to give her a shot.

	And no, this is not the first fanfic I ever wrote; it is rather the first one I ever finished. ^_^  (It’s also 
the shortest one I ever wrote ^^;;)

Andrael can be reached at pblatp@skyinet.net